AGENDA

EDUCATION TASK FORCE

UTAH LEGISLATURE

Wednesday, May 22, 2013 • 9:00 a.m. – 4:00 p.m. • Room 210 Senate Building

9:00 a.m. 1. Committee Business

• Call to order

• Welcome to and introduction of task force members and staff

• Opening statements from President Niederhauser and Speaker Lockhart

9:10 a.m. 2. Overview of Education Data

Task force staff will present demographic, achievement, outcome, and fiscal data for students in Utah’s public K-12 and higher education systems.

1. Public Education Demographic and Outcome Data

• Ms. Connie Steffen, Policy Analyst, Office of Legislative Research and General Counsel

• Committee discussion/action

2. Public Education Funding and Fiscal Data

• Ms. Connie Steffen, Policy Analyst, Office of Legislative Research and General Counsel

• Dr. Thomas Young, Economist, Office of the Legislative Fiscal Analyst

• Committee discussion/action

3. Higher Education Demographic and Outcome Data

• Ms. Allison Nicholson, Policy Analyst, Office of Legislative Research and General Counsel

• Committee discussion/action

4. Higher Education Funding and Fiscal Data

• Mr. Spencer Pratt, Fiscal Manager, Office of the Legislative Fiscal Analyst

• Committee discussion/action

11:00 a.m. 3. Utah Data Alliance

Members of the state agencies that comprise the Utah Data Alliance (UDA), which include the Utah State Office of Education, Utah System of Higher Education, Utah College of Applied Technology, Department of Workforce Services, Utah Education Network, and the Utah Education Policy Center at the University of Utah, will present information to the task force on the Statewide Longitudinal Data System and activities of the UDA.

• Dr. Judy Park, Co-chair, Utah Data Alliance Governing Board

• Dr. John Brandt, Grant Manager, Utah Data Alliance

• Public comment

• Committee discussion/action

12:00 p.m. Break for Lunch – The task force will break for one hour for lunch

1:00 p.m. 4. Post-secondary Education Attainment Goal: 66% by 2020

The task force will hear from representatives of Prosperity 2020, a business-led organization that is spearheading an initiative to promote 66% of the state’s adult population having some post-secondary training, certification, or degree by 2020. The task force will also hear from education leaders who are working to implement an increase in post-secondary education attainment.

• Mr. Mark Bouchard, Chair, Prosperity 2020

• Dr. Martell Menlove, State Superintendent of Public Instruction

• Mr. David Buhler, Commissioner of Higher Education

• Mr. Robert Brems, President, Utah College of Applied Technology

• Public comment

• Committee discussion/action

1:30 p.m. 5. Perspectives on Student Achievement

Task Force chairs have invited education stakeholders to share with the task force their perspectives on the foundational principles or elements of student achievement and how to design an education system that best promotes these elements.

• Utah State Board of Education/State Superintendent of Public Instruction

• Utah Charter School Board

• Utah State Board of Regents/Commissioner of Higher Education

• Utah College of Applied Technology

• Governor’s Education Excellence Commission

• Business and employer representatives

• Utah School Boards Association

• Utah School Superintendents Association

• Representatives of Utah charter schools

• Utah Education Association

• Parents for Choice in Education

• Utah Parent Teacher Association

• Public comment

• Committee discussion/action

4:00 p.m. 6. Other Items/Adjourn